depending on; dependent on
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
simple; simplified; easy; plain
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
open; public; official; overt
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
conventionalism; old style
conventional; commonplace; trite; hackneyed
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
something; what; why; how
way (of doing); manner; method
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
greater than ...; bigger ...
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
function; facility; faculty; feature
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
unexpectedly; surprisingly
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)